Dastan is a 1950 Indian Hindi film, directed and produced by Abdul Rashid Kardar. The film stars Suraiya, Raj Kapoor and Veena in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Naushad. more»

After her husband is disfigured in a horrific accident, Radha (Nargis) single-handedly raises her two children, Ramu (Rajendra Kumar) and Birju (Sunil Dutt), under the threat of financial ruin and sexual advances from a moneylender. Years pass and Ramu grows to be a dutiful son while Birju becomes a rebel. Radha, caught between her son and the honour of her community, is faced with the most painful decision of any mother's life. Finally to preserve the honour of the village, Radha puts an end to Birju's rebellious activities by doing something that would be every mother's nightmare. more»

Surendra is a rich man's son who leaves his father's home to live as a vagabond. He encounters the heroine who is very poor and has nothing to eat. He gives her some rotis. Police mistake him for a thief, brings him to the police station where he is bailed out by his father's Munshi. Meanwhile the heroine's brother comes under a car and dies. She being bankrupt, leaves the house. They meet again in a train and fall in love. But the train falls off the track and suffers an accident. The heroine loses her memory and in a lost state of mind walks out of the hospital into a professor's house nearby. He takes pity on her and allows her to live in his house. He begins liking her and knows of her from the doctor who attended her in the hospital. They plan to get married but Surendra who is a former student of professor finds her and appeals to the professor to let her go and let them marry. The professor agrees but the heroine still doesn't remember him. In the end her memory comes back and they get married. more»

After losing the man she loves to her cousin, a woman gets her hopes up when he is widowed. more»